Glove-exhibitor



(NoModel.) P. B. SPOONER.

Y Glow Exhibitor. No. 242,070. Patented May 24, 188|.

y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERIC B. SPOONER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GLOVE-EXHIBITOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,070, dated May 24, 1881- Application inea Marcn'es, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that-I, FREDERIC B. SPooNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State Qf New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements iu Forms for Exhibiting and Cleaning Gloves, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 represents a hand and arm supported on a pedestal and having a texibly-con nected thumb. Fig. 2 is adetail view of thumb detached, showing the spring attached. Fig. 3 is a detail view, showing the socket for the iiexible thumb and spring.

The object ofmy invention is to enable a perfect hand to be made ot' plaster or other plastic-substance, for holding gloves for exhibiting and cleaning, the thumb being set flexibly on the same in such manner that it may have afree movementgin any direction, and thus allow a glove to be titted over the form with greater ease, and at thesame time render the delicate material of which the form is made much less liable to break, owing to the elasticity'given the thumb by its spring-connection.

Heretofore glove-forms have been made of wood and the thumb hinged to the same. This, however, would only allow the thumb to be moved in one line directly backward or forward, and could not be made and used practically, it' constructed ot' plaster', owing to the delicacy ot' such material, as it would be certain to break at the hinge with theleast move ment sidewise, whereas by my method of constructing and connecting the thumb by a flexible spring itwill yield to a slight pressure in any direction, and can be made much cheaper and better than those heretofore in use.

In the drawings here presented, A represents It is designed to make the said pedestal, arm, and hand by casting, pressing, or otherwise forming the same from plaster or other mate rial capable of being molded.

1t will here be noticed that the socket D, in which it is designed to set the thumb E, has a deep recess, and the sides thereof made tapering, so as to correspond with the convex base ofthe thumb E, the thumb being made with a hole, F, in its base, extending upward into the same, for the purpose of allowing it to be tilled with fresh plaster or cement, into which a spiralv or other suitable spring, G, is inserted, and the recess D being likewise filled with fresh plaster or cement, the free end ofthe said sprin g G is inserted and let set in such manner as to have the thumb in a natural position on the hand.

It will thus be seen that by having the thumb connected and supported in position on the hand by a flexible spring it will give perfect freedom ot' movement in any direction and lessen the. chances ot' breakage, besides enabling the article to be made in a much cheaper manner from plaster than it could be if the same were made of wood.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a plaster cast consisting of a pedestal, A,

arm B, and hand O, the thumb E,With convex base, the socket D, with tapering sides, and the. ijexible connecting-spring G, the same being col'lstructed, arranged, and operating together in the manner and for the uses and purposes shown and described.

FREDO. B. SPOONER Witnesses CHARLES H. N Asn, A. BELL MALcoIvIsoN, Jr. 

